bpv_858491 - FAUSTINA MINOR Tetrassaria
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Type : Tetrassaria
Date: 163-169
Mint name / Town : Koinon de Thessalie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 9,69 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste drapé de Faustine Jeune à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse legend : FAUSTINA SEBSTH, (Faustina Sebasth).
Obverse translation : (Faustina Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna marchant à droite, brandissant une lance et tenant un bouclier.
Reverse legend : KOINON QESSALWN.
Reverse translation : (Koinon de Thessalie).
Historical background
FAUSTINA MINOR
(+175)
Augusta
Young Faustina, the daughter of Antoninus and Faustina Mother, was born between 128 and 132. She married Marc Aurèle in 145 and received the title of augusta in 146. She had thirteen children, seven of whom survived childhood. A very important coinage is struck until his death in 175 in Halala at the foot of Mount Taurus in Cappadocia.
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